1989 Photo Contest, People in the News, Stories, 2nd prize

Photographer

Anthony Suau

Black Star for U.S. News & World Report

12 November, 1988

Benazir Bhutto makes a speech during her election campaign in the Punjab province, Pakistan.
The general elections on 16 November 1988 were the first free elections in 11 years and became a victory for the Pakistan Peoples Party, led by Bhutto. She became the first female Prime Minister of an Islamic country.